Top 10 Highest Mountains in the World Top 10 Highest Mountains in the World by Ejaz Khan The world’s tallest mountains are some of the most majestic and beautiful things that one can be blessed enough to witness in their lifetime. They are all located in Asia and each reach an altitude of over 8000 meters above sea level. Here is list of top 10 highest mountains in the world. 10. Annapurna Annapurna is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal. Annapurna is a series of peaks, the highest of which is called Annapurna I, which is the tenth highest mountain in the world. It is located in central Nepal and is approximately 26,545 feet (8,091 meters) tall. Its peaks are some of the world’s most dangerous to climb. In fact, they have a fatality rate of about forty percent. 9. Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat is the world’s ninth tallest mountain and stands at about 26,660 feet (8,126 meters) in height.

Although the name is Urdu for “Naked Mountain”, for first half of the twentieth century it was known as “Killer Mountain”. It was called this because it used to be an incredibly dangerous climb to the top. Now however, it is less dangerous to climb, but still very difficult. This mountain is an immense and dramatic peak that rises above its surrounding area in Pakistan. 8. Manaslu Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world, and is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means “Mountain of the Spirit”, comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning “intellect” or “soul”. Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that “just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain” 7. Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world and is about 26,795 feet (8,167 meters) tall.

It is located just north of central Nepal. Its name means “White Mountain”. The South and West faces of Dhaulagiri both feature massive drops; each rises over 4000 meters from its base, and each has been the site of epic climbs. This mountain, along with Annapurna, is home to a more dramatic scene than most of the other mountains, for they face each other while separated by a valley. This is an amazing sight to see, and one of the main reasons why, for thirty years, it was thought to be the highest mountain in the world. 6. Cho Oyu Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at 8,201 metres (26,906 ft) above sea level. Cho Oyu means “Turquoise Goddess” in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the Tibet-Nepal border. 5.

Makalu Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,481 metres (27,825 ft) and is located 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak whose shape is a four-sided pyramid. 4. Lhotse Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. Lhotse means “South Peak” in Tibetan. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) above sea level, Lhotse Middle (East) is 8,414 metres (27,605 ft) and Lhotse Shar is 8,383 metres (27,503 ft). It is located at the border between Tibet (China) and the Khumbu region of Nepal. 3. Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft).

Mount Kanchenjunga rises about 20 km (12 mi) south of the general alignment of the Great Himalayan range, and is located on the boundary between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. Kangchenjunga is the highest peak in India, and also the name of the surrounding section of the Himalayas and means “The Five Treasures of Snows”, as it contains five peaks. The treasures represent the five repositories of God, which are gold, silver, gems, grain, and holy books. 2. K2 K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. With a peak elevation of 8,611 m (28,251 feet), K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram Range and the highest point in Pakistan. K2 is known as the “Savage Mountain” due to the difficulty of ascent and the second-highest fatality rate among the “eight thousanders” for those who climb it.

For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. 1. Mount Everest Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and the 5th tallest mountain measured from the centre of the Earth. It is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China and is part of the Himalayan Mountain Range. Although it is the tallest mountain and attracts many climbers of both advanced and limited climbing skill, it is one of the easier mountains to climb. Top 10 Mountain Ranges in the World | Owlcation Top 10 Mountain Ranges in the World Top 10 Mountain Ranges in the World Updated on October 28, 2014 Joined: 7 years agoFollowers: 3Articles: 4 The Himalaya range Advertisement Mountain ranges occur on every continent. Here are some of the Earth's highest, longest, and most famous ranges.

In this Top Ten List, we are going to start with the ranges with the highest peaks (including four sub-ranges of the Himalayan system), move on to some of the longest ranges, and end with a few mellow old ranges on quiet continental margins. Great Mountain Ranges (click column header to sort results) Name Ismoil Somoni Peak (Stalin Peak, Communism Peak) 24,590 Advertisement Why Are There High Mountain Ranges in Asia? The earth’s surface is constantly moving, a few centimeters a year, with continents riding the drifting geologic plates. Where the plates collide, under or next to a continent, the crust thickens into mountains. Continental and ocean-floor rocks are crumpled and thrust over each other, sometimes along with slices of the mantle from under the ocean floor, and often pierced with volcanoes that erupt masses of molten material squeezed out of deeply buried crust. As shown in the map below, all south-central Eurasia is festooned with mountain ranges. A succession of smaller landmasses slamming into the southern edge of Eurasia have raised up many mountain ranges: the Himalayan complex, the Tien Shan, the Caucasus, and the Alps, among many others.

The mountainous southern margin of Asia. | Source Advertisement I. The Himalayan Mountain System In south-central Asia, the ongoing collision between the Indian Plate and the Asian plate has raised up the world's most mountainous area, the Himalayan orogenic belt. The area began rising in the last 50 million years ago and continues to rise at about 5 mm a year as the collision continues. Since both plates were covered with lightweight continental crust, which tends to float on top of the heavier mantle layer, crust from both plates was crumpled together. In addition, the ocean floor between the two moving continents was swept up and and stacked between them. The top of Mount Everest itself is sedimentary rock from the ocean bottom. The Himalayan region contains the world's greatest accumulation of ice outside the Arctic and Antartctic. The world’s hundred tallest peaks are nearly all in the Himalayas, Karakoram, Pamirs, or Hindu Kush. (A few exceptions are also in southern Asia, in China's Hengduan Mountains and Kunlun Shan.) The world's fourteen 8000-meter peaks are all in the Himalayas proper or the Karakoram.

The purple dots indicate the world's highest mountains: from Everest (#1) on down, the hundred tallest are in Central Asia. | Source Advertisement 1.A. The Himalaya Range The Himalaya Range (meaning "home of snow"), stretching from Pakistan to Bhutan, separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet, is in the Himalayas, as are scores of massive, beautiful, dangerous peaks climbers have given their lives to ascend. Their snowfields supply great rivers: the Ganges, the Indus, and the Brahmaputra. Snowy Mountains Provide Lifeblood for Agriculture Fields in Leh, along the Indus river below the Himalayas. Snow and ice in the world's mid-latitude mountains make much irrigated agriculture possible. | Source Advertisement I.B. Karakoram Mountains The Karakoram (meaning "black gravel") Mountains of Pakistan mark the western end of the greater Himalayan mountain chain and contain the greatest concentration of high peaks on earth.

The Karakoram is a mountain desert: a vast region of barren rock and ice, of gravel-covered glaciers where jeep roads cut through valley systems to remote villages still many days' walk from the high mountains. Baltoro Glacier | Source 1.C. Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush, part of the Himalayan complex, is a group of ranges in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The name is said to mean either "border of India" or "killer of Indians." The Khyber Pass crossing it, connecting Afghanistan with Indian and Pakistan, has long been of great military importance, including during the 21st-century invasion of Afghanistan by the US. Kuran wa Munjan valley in Badakhshan in Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush | Source I. D. Pamir Range The Pamir Range, in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, trends more north-south than the other Himalayan ranges. The ancient Silk Road, the long and dangerous land route between China and Europe, crossed it. Its highest peak is 24,590-foot Ismoil Somoni Peak, at one time called Stalin Peak, then Communism Peak. “Across the Pamirs from Murghab to Osh” | Source II.

Tian Shan The Tian Shan (or Tien Shan) continues eastward from the Hindu Kush into China and is separated from the Himalayan ranges and Tibet to the south by the huge Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. The Tian Shan marks the northern boundary of another microcontinent that rammed into the southern edge of Asia before India did. Compression in the area is lifting the range up. The Snow-Topped Tian Shan III. Andes Mountains The world's longest mountain chain, and the highest outside Asia, is the Andes, running 7000 miles from Colombia to the southern tip of South America. Unlike the Asian mountain ranges discussed earlier above, which resulted from collisions between continents, the Andes are a result of plates bearing ocean crust colliding with the continent of South America. Since the Cretaceous period (about 65 million years ago, the time of the dinosaurs), ocean crust has been sliding below the west coast of South America, sinking, melting, and causing volcanoes and uplift. The Andes are part of the "Rim of Fire" surrounding the Pacific, marked by volcanoes, earthquake zones, and deep ocean trenches.

The glaciers and snowfields of the Andes supply water to the arid coast of central South America as well as to the Amazon Basin. The Andean peak Aconcagua, like Everest, is one of the Seven Summits, that is, it is the highest peak on its continent. Andean Glacial Scenery Glacier-carved pinnacles and snowfields in the Cerro Torre region of the southern Andes. | Source IV. Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a long, narrow, curved range that traverses Alaska from the Aleutian Peninsula to the Yukon Territory. In its bend in Central Alaska, it has the highest mountain in North America, 20,237-foot Denali (Mt. McKinley), one of the Seven Summits (as the highest mountain in North America), and one of the world's tallest mountains from base to top. Geology here is complex; like much of the western margin of North America, Alaska is made of strips of continents that came from somewhere else.

In Alaska, the faults that bound the strips have been bent, so that Denali, made of lightweight granite, popped up at the corner, under pressure from a subduction zone far to the south in the Gulf of Alaska. It dominates the surrounding peaks and is visible from great distances, seeming to float above its surroundings. Denali in the Alaska Range Source V. Caucasus Range The Caucasus are another Eurasian range that resulted from a subcontinent, the Iranian Plate, running into the Eurasian land mass. The range is visible in the Central Asia map above as a linear feature between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Volcanism surged in the area in the last few million years, creating volcanic peaks like Mt. Elbrus (18,510 feet), the highest mountain in Europe and one of the Seven Summits. Wildflowers in the Caucasus Mount Kazbek, Georgia | Source VI. The Alps Another range formed by an approaching continent (Africa) smashing into Eurasia, along with great sheets of the sea floor, beginning about 50 million years ago.

Stretching around Northern Italy from Monaco through France, Switzerland, and Austria to Slovenia, the Alps contain many huge flat-lying folds called nappes, in which rocks from the vanished ocean Tethys are stacked on top of European rocks, and in turn covered by rocks from Africa. The European pastimes of geology and mountain-climbing originated in large part in the Alps in the 1700s and 1800s. The rocks on the top of the Matterhorn slid there from Africa. | Source VII. Transantarctic Mountains The Transantarctic Mountains deserve mention, in part because they are are long, 2200 miles. They run from McMurdo Sound, the base of 19th century Antarctic exploration, in a gentle S-shape across the continent to the Weddell Sea. They are an old range, 500 million years old, far back in the past as plate collisions go. They are largely covered with snow and ice; only their tallest peaks poke out of the ice as nunataks. Robert Scott's expedition geologized there, finding sedimentary rocks including coal, full of plant fossils.

The range is also home to the Dry Valleys, sheltered glacial valleys containing the few patches of bare soil on the continent. Although Antarctica has one of the Seven Summits (Mount Vinson, 16,050 ft), it is not in the Transantarctic Mountains, but the younger Ellsworth Mountains. Beardmore Glacier, Transantarctic Range The Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott expeditions walked onto the Polar Plateau on the Beardmore Glacier. | Source VIII. Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains are another long range, extending more than 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from northern Mexico to Alaska; Mt. Elbert (14,431 ft/4,399 m) in Colorado is its highest peak. The Rockies are located between the Great Plains on the east (from which they rise abruptly for most of their length) and a series of broad basins and plateaus on the west. For a long time, plate tectonics had no good explanation for the Rockies' existence. They are not obviously a plate margin; for much of the range's history the plate boundary has been far to the west, along the western edge of the continent.

One explanation (for example, in Keith Heyer Meldahl's book This Rough-Hewn Land) is that much of the Farallon plate formerly to the west has been dragged underneath western North America, and its slowly melting remnants are supporting the Rockies and the Colorado Plateau. The Scenic Rocky Mountains IX. Australia's Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range is a long, rather old mountain range (from the Carboniferous, 300 million years ago) with complex geology, running from Queensland to New South Wales. Its Snowy Range gets winter snow, has alpine scenery, and contains the highest point in Australia, Mt. Kosciuszko at 7,310 feet. As the highest point on a continent, it makes the list of the Seven Summits, if you do not include New Guinea's Punczak Jaya instead (16,024), as the highest point in the region of Oceania. Great Dividing Range X. Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains extend for 1600 miles from the hot Kazakh steppes to the frozen coast of the Arctic Ocean.

The Urals are old mountains--250 to 300 million years—and were formed at the boundary between two plates when Kazakhstania collided with Laurussia. Their highest peak is Mount Narodnaya at 6,217 feet. The Snow-Topped Ural Mountains Mountain Ranges of All Kinds These are some of the world's tallest and longest ranges. But even the lesser ranges provide beauty, adventure, solitude, wildlife habitat, and water. In closing we are going to vist a couple of less spectacular ranges that nevertheless are beautiful. Bonus Range: The Serra do Mar of Brazil I'd like to include a couple old, low ranges from Gondwanaland (the southern hemisphere), that don't record any recent great tectonic collisions, but do provide scenery, waterfalls, and water supplies. Brazil's coastal mountains run from Espiritu Santo to Santa Catarina, along the Atlantic Coast. They are more of a discontinuous escarpment than a mountain range. The Serene Brazilian Coast Range Bonus Range: Eastern Ghats The Eastern and Western Ghats--escarpments at the edge of a stable continent--form the edges of the Deccan Plateau in southern India.

The Eastern Ghats extend about 700 mi (1,100 km), with an average elevation of about 2,000 ft (600 m), and the Western Ghats run some 800 mi (1,300 km) along the southwestern and western coast, with average elevations from 3,000 ft (900 m) to 5,000 ft (1,500 m). Because they receive heavy rainfall during the monsoon season, the Western Ghats are peninsular India's main watershed. Mellow Scenery of the Eastern Ghats Advertisement The 14 Highest Peaks in the World The 14 Highest Peaks in the World All fourteen of the world’s highest mountains have one thing in common. The death zone, a place where there isn’t enough oxygen to sustain human life. This altitude is generally tagged at around 8000m (~26,000ft), and the fourteen highest mountains in the world are all over 8000m. At this altitude, the human body cannot acclimatize. Bodily functions deteriorate, leading to loss of consciousness and, ultimately, death.

All fourteen summits are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia. While there are no universal criteria for distinguishing a mountain summit from its smaller subpeaks, this generally accepted list falls within a topographic prominence cutoff of between 200 and 500m (610 and 1524ft). What that means—even though many of the mountains’ subpeaks are more than 8000m, they are not included as separate peaks. On 16 October 1986, Reinhold Messner became the first person to climb all fourteen 8000ers. As of 2011, only twenty-three people have undisputedly accomplished this feat. Many have died in the pursuit. So, without further ado, here’s the list of the world’s highest mountains: Everest Highest mountain | Guinness World Records Guinness World Records Where Nepal and China The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. Its peak rises to 8,848 m (29,028 ft 9 in) – the highest point in the world.

First known as Peak XV on the Tibet - Nepal border, it was discovered to be the world's highest mountain in 1856 by the Survey Department of the Government of India, from theodolite readings taken in 1849 and 1850. Its height was calculated to be 8,840m 29,002ft. The mountain was named after Col. Sir George Everest (UK), who was Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843, and who, in fact, pronounced his name 'Eve-rest' as opposed to 'Ever-est'. Mount Everest is also known by the Tibetan name Chomolungma (Goddess Mother of the World) and by the Nepali name Sagarmatha (Forehead in the Sky). Many human triumphs and tragedies have been played out on Everest's slopes. George Mallory (UK) was one of the first to lead an expedition to climb the peak, in 1921. He perished not far from the summit on his 1924 expedition and his body was discovered in 1999.

The challenge to climb the highest mountain has not waned since the peak was first conquered in 1953 by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) and Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand). Mount Everest has been the inspiration for many Guinness World Records: from the simple fact of being the world's highest peak, to being the venue for the world's highest-altitude concert. Many of the records achieved on Everest are broken regularly. As the world's highest peak, Everest will always attract adventurous climbers and records will continue to be broken on its slopes. Despite being the highest peak on earth, Everest is NOT the tallest mountain? No - at 8,848 m (29,029 ft), Everest is the highest mountain on Earth – in that it reaches the highest altitude – but the tallest is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii, USA. You can only see 4,205 m (13,796 ft) of it (the rest is underwater), but from its submarine base in the Hawaiian Trough, it reaches up for a total of 10,205 m (33,480 ft).

Goddess of the sky - Everest fact file: Name English: Mount Everest; Tibetan: Chomolungma (“Goddess Mother of Mountains”); Nepalese: Sagarmatha (“Goddess of the Sky”). Elevation 8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level. Location Himalayas, Nepal-China border. Coordinates 27°58'60N, 86°55'60E. Summit temperature -20°C to -35°C (-4°F to -31°F). Summit wind speed Up to 280 km/h (174 mi/h); average of one hurricane every four days. Everest timeline: 29 May 1953 - Mount Everest (8,848 m 29,029 ft) was first climbed, when the summit was reached by Edmund Percival Hillary (New Zealand), and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. The successful expedition was led by Col. (later Hon. Brigadier) Henry Cecil John Hunt. 16 May 1975 - Junko Tabei (Japan) (b.

22 Sep 1939) became the first female to reach the summit of Mount Everest 8 May 1978 - Reinhold Messner (Italy) and Peter Habeler (Austria) made the first successful ascent of Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen on 8 May 1978. This feat is regarded by some purist mountaineers as the first 'true' ascent of Everest, since overcoming the effects of altitude (i.e. the low oxygen content of the air) is the greatest challenge facing high-altitude climbers. 20 August 1980 - Reinhold Messner (Italy) was the first to successfully climb Mt Everest solo, reaching the summit on 20 August 1980. It took him three days to make the ascent from his base camp at 6,500 m (21,325 ft), and the climb was made all the more difficult by the fact that he did not use bottled oxygen. 10 May 1996 - On 10 May 1996, a severe blizzard on Mt. Everest claimed the lives of eight climbers and caused serious injuries to more than 20 others.

The climbers, from the USA, India, Japan and New Zealand, were surprised by 145 km/h (90 mph) winds which sent temperatures plummeting to -40°C (-40°F). 23–24 May 1996 - Hans Kammerlander (Italy) completed the fastest ever ascent of Mt Everest on the northern side, making the climb from base camp to the summit in 16 hr 45 min. May 1999 - Babu Chhiri Sherpa of Nepal completed a stay of 21 hours at the summit of Mt. Everest (8,848 m; 29,029 ft) without the use of bottled oxygen in May 1999. 25 May 2001 - Erik Weihenmayer (Hong Kong) was born with retinoschisis, an eye condition that left him totally blind by the age of 13. Despite this, on 25 May 2001, he reached the summit of Mount Everest, the first – and so far only – blind man ever to have done so.

Erik’s other notable feats include his 2002 completion of the Seven Summits – climbing the highest peak on each of the seven continents of the world. Erik is also an accomplished rock climber, skier and paraglider. 21 May 2004 - Pemba Dorje Sherpa (Nepal) climbed from Base Camp to the summit of Mt Everest in a time of 8 hr 10 min, the fastest ever ascent of the world's highest mountain. 2 June 2005 - Lakpa Sherpa (Nepal) successfully reached the summit of Mt Everest for the fifth time on 2 June 2005. She made the climb with her husband, George Dijmarescu (USA), who was himself completing his seventh ascent of the world's tallest mountain. 11 May 2011 - Apa Sherpa (Nepal) reached the summit of Mt Everest for the 21st time on 11 May 2011, the most times anyone has ever successfully climbed the world's highest mountain.

19 May 2012 - Congestion is a serious issue on the world’s highest mountain, with 3,721 climbers having reached the summit since it was conquered in 1953. On 19 May 2012, an unprecedented 234 climbers ascended Everest and reached the summit – the most on a single day. Apa Sherpa's 21 ascents: Apa Sherpa (Nepal) reached the summit of Mt Everest for the 21st time on 11 May 2011, the most times anyone has ever successfully climbed the world's highest mountain.

His climbs to date have been: 10 May 1990: International 8 May 1991: Sherpa Support 12 May 1992: New Zealand 7 Oct 1992: International 24 May 2000: Everest Environmental 16 May 2002: Swiss 50th anniversary 26 May 2003: Commemorative US expedition 17 May 2004: Dream Everest 31 May 2005: Climbing for a Cure 19 May 2006: Team No Limit 16 May 2007: SuperSherpas 22 May 2008: Eco Everest 21 May 2009: Eco Everest 21 May 2010: Eco Everest 11 May 2011: Eco Everest Want to join the Five Mile High Club? Want to reach the highest point on earth?

Well, if you have 60 days (and around £40,000 ($62,000)) to spare, here is a typical route – one of many – to the top of the highest mountain on Earth, via the south-east ridge: BASE CAMP 5,380 M (17,700 FT): Acclimatize here for two weeks. When you’re ready, begin your hike to Camp I at 3 a.m., before dawn, when the ice is at its most solid. CAMP I 6,056 M (19,900 FT): Garden step-ladders are used to cross deep crevasses in the Khumbu Icefall; if you survive the treacherous terrain, Camp I will provide much-needed relief. CAMP II 6,500 M (21,300 FT): Temperatures between Camps I and II can get blisteringly hot; beware of thin snow bridges spanning 60-m (100-ft) drops.

CAMP III 7,470 M (24,500 FT): A fixed-rope climb leads to a small ridge and Camp III; high risk of avalanche here; and beware of traffic jams with other climbers! CAMP IV 7,920 M (26,000 FT): It might be time to crack open the bottled oxygen after conquering the “Yellow Band” and “Geneva Spur” – the two energy-sapping barriers between Camp III and IV. SOUTH SUMMIT 8,690 M (28,500 FT): You will see your first proper view of the top from this rest point; it may be only a mile (1.5 km) away, but it can take a further 12 hours to get there. EVEREST SUMMIT 8,848 M (29,029 FT): Beyond the “Balcony” you tackle the “Hillary Step” and the “Summit Ridge”...

then you’ve made it – the highest point on Earth, from which point you'll be treated to views like this: Read more: Top 10 Tallest/Highest Mountains in the World - YouTube Top 10 Tallest/Highest Mountains in the World Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 14, 2014 Top 10 Tallest/Highest Mountains in the World . Thanks For Watching. Please Subscribe, Like, Share and Comment. The following is a list of the tallest mountains of the world, the peak elevations above sea level on the planet. These ten tallest mountain in the world are all found in the Himalaya. In fact, the fifty tallest mountains in the world are all found in Asia. 1. Mount Everest - China/Nepal - 29,035 feet (8850 meters) 2. K2 - China/Pakistan - 28,251 feet (8611 meters) 3.

Kangchenjunga - India/Nepal - 28,169 feet (8586 meters) 4. Lhotse - China/Nepal - 27,939 feet (8516 meters) 5. Makalu - China/Nepal - 27,765 feet (8463 meters) 6. Cho Oyu - China/Nepal - 26,906 feet (8201 meters) 7. Dhaulagiri - Nepal - 26,794 feet (8167 meters) 8. Manaslu - Nepal - 26,781 feet (8163 meters) 9. Nanga Parbat - Pakistan - 26,660 feet (8126 meters) 10. Annapurna I (Annapurna contains six peaks) - Nepal - 26,545 feet (8091 meters) Scientists are now able to pinpoint exactly how tall every mountain on Earth is, thanks to NASA's use of the Earth Observing System series of satellites.

Measuring each mountain's summit, or tallest point, by their height above sea level, the 10 tallest mountains in the world all turn out be located in the Himalayas. Each of these mountains belongs to the "eight-thousanders" club, a list that consists of the 14 mountains on Earth that are 8,000 meters (about 26,250 feet) tall or more. Meet the "eight-thousanders" and the brutal challenges they pose to the people who try to climb them. Tallest Mountains in the World The world's tallest mountains are some of the most majestic and beautiful things that one can be blessed enough to witness in their lifetime. They are all located in Asia and each reach an altitude of over eight thousand meters in height. There are only fourteen mountains in the world that can boast such a height. Below are the ten highest of these fourteen mountains. it is a little bit difficult to measure the height with such precise accuracy while dividing line among a mountain with several peaks therefore due to this problem another method to provide most accurate measurement is available which is called topographic prominence..

every year glaciers melt and produce lot of water in form of streams , this water is mostly useful and used for agricultural needs but sometimes huge melting of ice create lot of problems such as destruction, floods and blockage of roads and highways. below, a list is prepared of top ten highest mountains in the world. Top 10 Tallest Highest Mountains in the World 2014. Category Mountain Ranges of Asia - Landforms of Asia, Lakes, Rivers and Deserts of Asia - Worldatlas.com LANDFORMS (Mountains) Mountain Ranges of Asia - Landforms of Asia, Lakes, Rivers and Deserts of Asia ASIA MOUNTAINS: Several significant mountain ranges stretch across Asia. Here we highlight on the map and describe the major ones, including the Altay, Gahats, Himalayan, Kunlun, Tien Shan, Ural and Zagros Mountains Altay (or Altai) The Altay Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their sources. Belukha Mountain is the highest peak at 4,506 m, (14,784 ft).

Ghats The Western Ghats is a mountain range along the western side of India with an average elevation around 1,200 m, (3,900 ft). The Eastern Ghats is a range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The highest point is Jindhagada Peak at 1,690 m (5,545 ft). Himalayas The Himalayas, a huge mountain range immediately at the north of the Indian subcontinent, is the world's highest mountain range, and home to the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest at 8,848 m (29,029 ft), and K2 at 8,611 m (28,251 feet) above sea level. The Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft). Kunlun The Kunlun Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending across wester China and the Tibetan Plateau. The highest mountain is the Kunlun Goddess at 7,167 m (23,514 ft).

Tien (or Tian) Shan The Tian Shan is a large mountain system located in Central Asia. It's positioned to the north and west of the Taklamakan Desert near the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and western China. The highest peak is Victory Peak at 7,439 m (24,406 ft). Ural The Urals are 1,640 miles (2,640 km) in length and extend from the northern-edge of the Russian Federation down through Kazakhstan. They form a natural border between Asia and Europe Russia. The highest point in this mountain range is Mt. Narodnaya at 1,895 m (6,217 ft). Zagros The Zagros are the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq spaning the whole length of the western and southwestern Iranian plateau and ending at the Strait of Hormuz. The highest point is Zard Kuhbakhtiari at 4,548 m, (14,921 ft).

Top Ten Highest Mountains in the World List: Top Ten Highest Mountains in the World Date: 2006 Source: Pringles Atlas Base: All mountains in the world whose summits may be considered individual mountains as opposed to subsidiary peaks. Notes: Nine out of the top ten tallest mountains in the world are located in the Himalayas, including the famous Mount Everest on the Tibetan and Nepalese border. Only K2 (sometimes referred to as Mount Godwin Austen), which is the second highest in the world, is not in the Himalayas being part of the Karakorum mountain range that spans Pakistan and China. Kangchenjunga (ranked 3) translated means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it contains five peaks, four of them over 8,450 metres. The treasures represent the five repositories of god, which are gold, silver, gems, grain, and holy books. Nanga Parbat (ranked 9 - also known as Nangaparbat Peak or Diamir) means "Naked Mountain" in Urdu / Hindi. Notes on measurement: By convention, mountains are always measured above sea level.

However, the world's tallest mountains could include those from the sea bed itself, for example Mauna Kea - rising about 33,500 feet (10,200 metres) from the Pacific Floor, is the world's tallest mountain island.

Question: Which mountain range contains thirteen of the worlds twenty highest mountains
Answer: The Himalayas